Law Jobs in Edinburgh

Law
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Law over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 88 128
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 -10
Permanent jobs citing Law 9 23 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.03% 1.52% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.27% 2.58% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 15
10th Percentile £48,875 - £42,158
25th Percentile £58,438 £35,000 £46,454
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £43,250 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.07% -29.10% +43.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,313 £77,750
90th Percentile - £81,875 £119,000
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% -10.38% +0.95%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Law falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 708 890 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 80.82% 58.98% 78.05%
Number of salaries quoted 292 659 875
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,851 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% -2.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,563 £72,433 £79,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%

Law
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Law as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Law in Edinburgh

Law
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Law in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Law in Edinburgh

Law
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Law in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Law in Edinburgh

Law
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 5 (55.56%) Legal
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Arabic Language
4 2 (22.22%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Russian Language
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (11.11%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Database Team Leader
1 3 (33.33%) Development Team Leader
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Change Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Innovation Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Strategy Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blockchain
1 1 (11.11%) Derivative
1 1 (11.11%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Coaching
1 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Database Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Database Tuning
1 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
2 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Rehypothecation
3 1 (11.11%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft